Jim K Global Moderator Posted May 19, 2016 Global Moderator Share Posted May 19, 2016 (edited) Carrying 59 passengers and 10 crew. Flying from Paris to Cairo. Quote An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo has disappeared from radar, the Egyptian airline says. It says there are 59 passengers and 10 crew members on board Flight MS804. The aircraft was flying at 37,000ft (11,300m) when it went missing over the eastern Mediterranean. An official said the plane lost contact with radar at 02:45 Cairo time (00:45 GMT). The company said it would issue an update "when more information becomes available". More at BBC Edited May 19, 2016 by jjkusaf Changed topic title to reflect updated information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John. Subscriber¹ Posted May 19, 2016 Subscriber¹ Share Posted May 19, 2016 Some more news: The Airbus A320 was travelling from Paris to Cairo when it disappeared from radar at around 02:45 Cairo time (01:45 BST) It was some 16km inside Egyptian air space when it went missing, and was about half an hour from landing The last contact with the plane showed it was over the Mediterranean, to the south of the area between the islands of Crete and Cyprus EgyptAir says there were 56 passengers on board: they included 30 Egyptians, 15 French and 11 other nationalities, including one Briton There were also 10 crew members on board Anyone concerned can call 0800 7777 0000 from any landline in Egypt and +202 259 89320 from any mobile phone or from outside Egypt And finally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BinaryData Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Damn. So many planes disappearing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JHBrown Subscriber¹ Posted May 19, 2016 Subscriber¹ Share Posted May 19, 2016 Excellent crew to passenger ratio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John. Subscriber¹ Posted May 19, 2016 Subscriber¹ Share Posted May 19, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John. Subscriber¹ Posted May 19, 2016 Subscriber¹ Share Posted May 19, 2016 Which, if true, is absolutely nowhere near its last reported location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockingbird Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 (edited) Quote CAIRO — An EgyptAir passenger jet that took off from Paris with 66 people on board suddenly disappeared over the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday morning, shortly before it was due to land in Cairo. EgyptAir Flight 804 departed Paris at 11:09 p.m. on Wednesday. The pilot spoke to Greek air traffic controllers at 2:26 a.m. Cairo time, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary, officials said. Three or four minutes later, the plane last made radar contact. At 2:37 a.m., shortly after entering Egyptian air space, the plane made a 90-degree turn to the left and then a 360-degree turn to the right, plunging to 9,000 feet from 37,000 feet and disappearing from radar, the Greek defense minister, Panos Kammenos, said at a news conference Thursday afternoon. As Egyptian and Greek authorities mounted an intense search-and-rescue operation focused around the island of Karpathos, between Crete and Rhodes, President François Hollande of France confirmed that the plane had crashed and acknowledged that “the terrorist hypothesis” was one of several investigators were looking into. “The information that we have been able to gather — the prime minister, the members of the government, and, of course, the Egyptian authorities — unfortunately confirm for us that this plane crashed at sea and has been lost,” Mr. Hollande said at the Élysée Palace, after speaking by telephone with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt. Mr. Hollande said that “no hypothesis was being ruled out,” and that the three countries were hoping to recover “debris that would enable us to know the truth.” He added, “When we have the truth, we must draw all the conclusions, whether it is an accident or another hypothesis, which everybody has in mind, the terrorist hypothesis.” http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/20/world/middleeast/egyptair-flight-804.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0 6 hours ago, John. said: Quote The Egyptian military denied it had received a distress call and Egypt’s state-run daily Al-Ahram quoted an airport official as saying the pilot did not send one. The newspaper did not identify the official. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted May 19, 2016 Author Global Moderator Share Posted May 19, 2016 From BBC... Quote Greek air traffic controllers spoke to the pilot at 23:48 GMT as the plane flew over the island of Kea. He was in good spirits and reported no problems, the HCAA said. The controllers tried to make contact with the plane at 00:27 GMT, before it left Greek airspace, but "despite repeated calls, the aircraft did not respond". The controllers then called on the emergency frequency and again there was no response. At 00:29 GMT, the aircraft left Greek airspace and at 00:29.40 it vanished from Greek radar, according to the HCAA. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36330879 ....almost 3 minutes between trying to make contact and the plane's disappearance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John. Subscriber¹ Posted May 19, 2016 Subscriber¹ Share Posted May 19, 2016 Looks like they're in the right area at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockingbird Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 EgyptAir Flight 804: Wreckage found, airline official says http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/18/middleeast/egyptair-flight-disappears/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John. Subscriber¹ Posted May 19, 2016 Subscriber¹ Share Posted May 19, 2016 Bet CNN's annoyed. What're they going to report on now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted May 19, 2016 Author Global Moderator Share Posted May 19, 2016 8 minutes ago, John. said: Bet CNN's annoyed. What're they going to report on now They'll be busy speculating mechanical error, alien invasion or terrorist activity (which I suspect) until the actual cause is found. Or...they'll just stop covering and focus on the Kardashians or something. RIP to those that were lost. Updated threads title to reflect this new information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Red King Subscriber² Posted May 19, 2016 Subscriber² Share Posted May 19, 2016 $5 internet dollars on Jihad Ph1b3r0pt1c 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted May 20, 2016 Author Global Moderator Share Posted May 20, 2016 16 hours ago, J. X. Maxwell said: $5 internet dollars on Jihad Same. Hopefully they'll recover the cockpit flight recorder and flight data recorder. Right now everyone is speculating ... obviously...for example.... Quote Egypt’s aviation minister has said the Airbus A320’s sudden disappearance was more likely to have been caused by a terrorist attack than technical failure. But the French foreign minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, said on Friday that there was “absolutely no indication” of why the flight came down. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/20/egyptian-military-says-debris-from-egyptair-flight-ms804-found-in-sea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Seats, suitcases and remains found (CNN)Some seats and aircraft parts. Personal belongings, including suitcases. And what's described as body parts. That's what EgyptAir and Greek officials say searchers have found so far in the effort to locate EgyptAir Flight 804, which is believed to have crashed early Thursday into the Mediterranean Sea while flying from Paris to Cairo. Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos relayed the Egyptian discovery of the body part, seats and suitcases at a news conference Friday, citing Egyptian officials. Later, the airline issued a statement saying more remains, personal belongings and aircraft seats had been discovered. http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/20/middleeast/egyptair-flight-804-main/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 how can seats and the rest be found, but no bodies? Victor Rambo 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 1 minute ago, Draconian Guppy said: how can seats and the rest be found, but no bodies? Body parts have been found... Draconian Guppy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Draconian Guppy said: how can seats and the rest be found, but no bodies? Seats are designed to float -- and some parts of bodies were found. CAIRO (AP) -- Search crews found floating human remains, luggage and seats from the doomed EgyptAir jetliner Friday but face a potentially more complex task in locating bigger pieces of wreckage and the black boxes vital to determining why the plane plunged into the Mediterranean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted May 20, 2016 Author Global Moderator Share Posted May 20, 2016 8 minutes ago, Draconian Guppy said: how can seats and the rest be found, but no bodies? 6 minutes ago, FloatingFatMan said: Body parts have been found... ...and over half of those seats were empty. An EgyptAir 320 seats around 145 passengers per this site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) Only 66 passengers and crew were on board. Edited May 20, 2016 by FloatingFatMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perochan Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) Aviation should really modify the black box. The black box should be able to float at all time and send out distress signal to locate the box. Correct me if i am wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Just now, perochan said: Aviation should really modify the black box. The black box should be able to float at all time with very bright color and send out distress signal to locate the box. Correct me if i am wrong. It should also auto-eject, and have a parachute. FunkyMike 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 52 minutes ago, FloatingFatMan said: It should also auto-eject, and have a parachute. They should release the anti-gravity technology that they have known since at least 1954. FunkyMike and Draconian Guppy 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perochan Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 2 hours ago, Hum said: They should release the anti-gravity technology that they have known since at least 1954. or just auto eject and fly back to the airport lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torolol Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 13 minutes ago, perochan said: or just auto eject and fly back to the airport lol well, despite their name, they actually bright enough to be spotted by enemies that wish to destroy them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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